Originally Posted by
HSLD
Because both MEC's negotiated a transition agreement that expires (for many of the protections) in Dec. 2011. That is what's amazing to me, after a decade of misery, the MEC believed that we'd have a contract last Oct. and agreed to TA protections that only lasted for 18 months.
To be clear, ALPA did this. The company will get all the synergy they need, just none of the goodwill from labor. DDSS.
HSLD,
You summed it up pretty well. When I read the TPA, I really couldn't believe it. And the only thing that could explain the disparity in protections was a belief in the Oct timeline. UFB.
Frats,
Lee